Newcastle Counselling

Based in Jesmond and Gosforth, Louise Keyes creates a friendly, warm and safe environment to help you explore your difficulties and provide emotional support.

Louise helps you by using talking therapy and EFT. In particular, she works with anxiety, stress, difficult relationships, low self-esteem, depression and fear of the dentist. She sees it as important to not just support you in your current problem but to help you develop strategies that could help in the future.

Counselling

What is Counselling?

A chance to explore.
Counselling is a ‘talking therapy’. It is an opportunity for you to explore troubles, hurts or other issues with a trained professional in a safe and secure environment.

The counsellor is trained to listen with empathy, seeing the world from your perspective. Counsellors do not usually give advice but instead help you find your own solutions.

Counselling can be short term or on a longer term basis.

Confidentiality

Counselling takes place in a confidential environment: whatever you say to the counsellor remains between you and them (except in exceptional circumstances which will be explained to you).

Supervision

It is standard practice for counsellors to have supervision. This involves discussing cases with a supervisor to ensure that the counsellor is doing all they can to help and support you. These discussions are also confidential.

Will counselling help you?

Do you feel as though you are not in control of your life they way you want to be?

Are you holding too many balls in the air?
Are you stressed?
Are you struggling with mental health difficulties?
Do you have concerns about your sexuality?
Have you suffered bereavement or loss?
Are you holding guilt?
Do you know who you are?
Do you struggle with low self-esteem?
Do you struggle with low assertiveness?
Do you feel anxious or have panic attacks?
Do you feel low or have depression?
Do you suffer from PTSD?
Do you struggle with a fear or phobia?
Do you have low self-worth?
Are you under financial stress?
Are you bullied?
Do you bully?
Do you struggle with a relationship?
Are you dealing with work related difficulties?
Are you dealing with chronic pain?
Are you dealing with a diagnosis?
Do you have emotional difficulties?
Are you wanting to discover yourself?
Are you supporting someone?
Are you working in a stressful environment or living in a stressful environment?

What to expect when you come to Newcastle Counselling?

Before you come for your first session I will ask you to complete the ‘Client Details’ form. If you have any questions about it, please contact me. I would be grateful if you would email the completed form to me at louise@newcastlecounselling.co.uk. These forms are confidential.

The first session will give us an opportunity to explore whether counselling would be beneficial for you and how we might work together.

How Many Sessions Will I Need?

The number of sessions a person needs is dependent on each individual’s needs. Many people find six to eight sessions is just right whilst others benefit from fewer or more. Some benefit from longer term counselling. There are chances to regularly review your progress to ensure that counselling is still benefiting you and that your needs are being met.

How does counselling end?

Counselling can be ended at any time that either you or the counsellor feels is appropriate. However, there may be times during the counselling process where you feel you may be too emotionally distressed or challenged to continue. At these points it can be tempting to stop counselling abruptly. If this happens, I would like to encourage you to talk to me first as it may be that there are underlying issues that need to be addressed.

My role is to create a safe, warm and non-judgemental environment in which you can explore your issues and discover who you are: to meet you wherever you are on your personal journey.

Some people have all that they need to “do life” and face their difficulties on their own. Many others need some empathetic support along the way. My belief is that everyone is valuable and has the right to feel that way. I also believe that everybody needs help sometimes and sometimes it is helpful for that help and support to come from outside their immediate situation. It is a real privilege to have had the opportunity to do this work.